CANADA
CBC
[with Mount Cashel timeline]
Lawyers for scores of victims of abuse at the notorious Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s say Thursday’s settlement with the Christian Brothers of Ireland does not end their clients’ legal battles, but at least marks a major milestone in a years-long campaign for justice.
The Christian Brothers of Ireland settled with 422 people across North America who claimed abuse at the hands of the lay Roman Catholic order, including 160 from Newfoundland and Labrador.
The vast majority of those 160 men had been residents at Mount Cashel, a prominent institution that ran for more than a century in the east end of St. John’s before a sexual abuse scandal erupted in 1989, triggering a harrowing public inquiry and a series of criminal convictions.
The settlement is worth more than $16.5 million, which will be put into a trust.
“This is not nearly enough money to fully satisfy 400 claims,” said Geoff Budden, who represented about 90 clients, most of whom were residents of Mount Cashel.
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